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"Had A Muslim Man Lifted Hindu Woman's Veil...": Omar Abdullah On Hijab Row
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP's reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the party.
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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"Against Pardah, But...": Javed Akhtar Slams Nitish Kumar Amid Hijab Row
Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar said that he is strongly against the concept of pardah or veil, but cannot accept Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's act of removing a Muslim doctor's veil by "any stretch of imagination"
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"Nitish Kumar Loves Children": JDU Leader On Him Pulling Down Doctor's Hijab
Amid the massive row over the viral video of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing the veil of a Muslim doctor at a public event, the state's Minority Welfare Minister has said the Chief Minister loves and respects daughters,
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Bombay High Court Upholds Hijab Ban At Mumbai College, Says "Doesn't Violate..."
The Bombay High Court rejected a plea filed by nine Muslim students of a Mumbai college challenging the ban on hijabs, veils, stoles, caps, etc, on the premises.
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UP's Muzaffarnagar Not Stadium For Hindu-Muslim Matches, Says Farmer Leader
With Assembly polls less than a week away in western Uttar Pradesh, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait made a veiled attack on the ruling BJP on Sunday as he said Muzaffarnagar is "not a stadium for Hindu-Muslim matches".
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Indian-Origin Imam In UK News Debate Sparks Row Over Controversial Tweets
An Indian-origin imam chosen by the BBC for a select panel of members of the British public to put their questions to the UK's prime ministerial hopefuls during a live television debate has triggered controversy over some of his past anti-Jewish remarks on social media.
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"Got Death Threat": Head Of Kerala Education Group That Banned Face Veils
The head of a Muslim education group in Kerala today said he got "death threats" for banning face veils on campuses. The Kozhikode-based Muslim Education Society (MES), which runs several educational institutions and is among the country's largest, had issued a circular urging its students not to attend classes wearing any face-covering attire.
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Kerala Muslim Education Group Bans Face Veils On Campuses
A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.
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"Is This Halloween Or Something?" US Man Asked Muslim Woman With Veil
Kathleen "Amina" Deady stood in front of a pastry counter in Riverside, California, holding a key fob and wearing a veil across her face.
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Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
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UK Man Gets 15-Month Jail For Ripping Off Woman's Veil
A 56-year-old man has been jailed for over a year for ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or the full-face veil during an expletive-ridden racist assault at a shopping centre in the UK following the divisive Brexit vote.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Calls For A Burqa Ban
Angela Merkel laid out her case for a fourth term as German chancellor on Tuesday, seeking to energise her conservatives with a call to ban full-face Muslim veils and the promise of a tougher stance on immigration after a record influx of refugees.
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"Had A Muslim Man Lifted Hindu Woman's Veil...": Omar Abdullah On Hijab Row
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, speaking on the hijab row in Bihar and the BJP's reaction to it, said today that one can expect no better from the party.
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"Mehbooba Mufti Also Got Burqa Removed": Omar Abdullah's Reminder Amid Row
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, among the first to critcise his Bihar counterpart Nitish Kumar over the hijab row, has hit his political rival Mehbooba Mufti with a throwback.
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"Against Pardah, But...": Javed Akhtar Slams Nitish Kumar Amid Hijab Row
Poet-lyricist Javed Akhtar said that he is strongly against the concept of pardah or veil, but cannot accept Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's act of removing a Muslim doctor's veil by "any stretch of imagination"
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"Nitish Kumar Loves Children": JDU Leader On Him Pulling Down Doctor's Hijab
Amid the massive row over the viral video of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing the veil of a Muslim doctor at a public event, the state's Minority Welfare Minister has said the Chief Minister loves and respects daughters,
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Bombay High Court Upholds Hijab Ban At Mumbai College, Says "Doesn't Violate..."
The Bombay High Court rejected a plea filed by nine Muslim students of a Mumbai college challenging the ban on hijabs, veils, stoles, caps, etc, on the premises.
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UP's Muzaffarnagar Not Stadium For Hindu-Muslim Matches, Says Farmer Leader
With Assembly polls less than a week away in western Uttar Pradesh, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait made a veiled attack on the ruling BJP on Sunday as he said Muzaffarnagar is "not a stadium for Hindu-Muslim matches".
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Indian-Origin Imam In UK News Debate Sparks Row Over Controversial Tweets
An Indian-origin imam chosen by the BBC for a select panel of members of the British public to put their questions to the UK's prime ministerial hopefuls during a live television debate has triggered controversy over some of his past anti-Jewish remarks on social media.
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"Got Death Threat": Head Of Kerala Education Group That Banned Face Veils
The head of a Muslim education group in Kerala today said he got "death threats" for banning face veils on campuses. The Kozhikode-based Muslim Education Society (MES), which runs several educational institutions and is among the country's largest, had issued a circular urging its students not to attend classes wearing any face-covering attire.
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Kerala Muslim Education Group Bans Face Veils On Campuses
A Muslim educational group in Kerala has banned its students from covering their faces with clothing on the campuses of its institutions.
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"Is This Halloween Or Something?" US Man Asked Muslim Woman With Veil
Kathleen "Amina" Deady stood in front of a pastry counter in Riverside, California, holding a key fob and wearing a veil across her face.
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Canada's Quebec Says No Public Services For Those With Face Veils
Canada's Quebec province Wednesday prohibited government workers and anyone receiving government services from covering their face, in a move critics say unfairly targets Muslim women who wear a niqab veil.
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UK Man Gets 15-Month Jail For Ripping Off Woman's Veil
A 56-year-old man has been jailed for over a year for ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or the full-face veil during an expletive-ridden racist assault at a shopping centre in the UK following the divisive Brexit vote.
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Suicide Bomber Dressed As Woman Kills 14 In Iraqi Displacement Camp
A suicide bomber dressed as a veiled woman killed 14 people and wounded 13 others in a displacement camp west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, security sources said.
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Man Admits Ripping Off Woman's Niqab In UK
A 55-year-old British man today admitted in a UK court to ripping off a Muslim woman's niqab or full face veil in a shopping centre and yelling "you are in our country now".
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel Calls For A Burqa Ban
Angela Merkel laid out her case for a fourth term as German chancellor on Tuesday, seeking to energise her conservatives with a call to ban full-face Muslim veils and the promise of a tougher stance on immigration after a record influx of refugees.
